Shaun Wright-Phillips

Shaun Wright-Phillips is, to me, the patron saint of undersized overachievers. At 168 centimeters he had no business surviving the physical grind of the Premier League, yet he carved out years at Manchester City, Chelsea and QPR, and earned England caps along the way. What I admire most is the joy in his game — even late in his career, crossing the Atlantic for the Red Bulls and Phoenix Rising, he looked like a man who simply loved running at defenders. Careers like his remind me that pace and bravery, applied relentlessly, can outweigh every measurement scouts obsess over. I rate him higher than any trophy count suggests.

Name (English)

Shaun Wright-Phillips

Name (Japanese)

ショーン・ライト＝フィリップス

Reading

しょーん・らいと＝ふぃりっぷす

Born

October 25, 1981 (age 44)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

Origin

Greenwich, United Kingdom

Height

168 cm

Occupation

association football player

University

Haberdashers' Hatcham College

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.clubswp.com/home.html
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%82%B9

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-10

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